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TMI Trader Portfolio - August '08

August 2008

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

An extremely volatile month has ended with the FTSE-100 and All-Share indices both falling 4.7%, while the small cap index was down a much larger 9.1%. The falls reflect the latest crisis to unfold in the US where a Northern Rock style taxpayer bail-out looks on the cards for sickly mortgage providers Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Although the TMI Trader Portfolio, which lost 6.2%, was not immune it still remains an impressive 225% ahead since operations started. Amongst those portfolio constituents reporting trading there was little sign of the credit crunch, with NCC and Spice both issuing strong results, while Telecom Plus' update was good enough to trigger a 5% upgrade in eps to 21.8p leaving them looking inexpensive in spite ...

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With small companies there is an above average degree of risk compared to buying blue chips. Please be aware that we have not assessed the suitability of any of these investments for you. The newsletter simply states a personal view and diarises the editor’s investment decisions. Please speak to your stockbroker or other qualified individual to ascertain whether any of these companies mentioned would form useful additions to your own portfolios. Past performance is no indication of future success.

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